On Memorial Day we honor the dead, but are we neglecting the living?
Memorial Day 2025 begs the question: In this age of cuts to the VA, insults to veterans and the assault on our history, what are we really trying to remember?
Fighting a creative block? This artist’s matchmaking skills may help
A show celebrating 15 years of unique multidisciplinary works done by artists, who in some cases have never met, is on display in Howard County through the weekend.
A plantation on fire may feel like justice, but echoes of slavery haunt Baltimore, too
Sure, there’s something to be said for preserving history like the Nottoway plantation. But when that history’s been thrown away in favor of engagement photos, what are we really losing in the fire?
Tamara Tunie of ‘Beyond the Gates’ explores the bougie side of Maryland’s elite
Soap star Tamara Tunie, in town for the Lewis Museum gala, talks about her career, the fictional Maryland community in "Beyond The Gates" and the importance of preserving Black history.
After losing money at a disastrous Baltimore book festival, they’re starting their own
After the A Million Lives book festival resulted in broken promises and scandals, a local book pop-up owner and event planner are stepping into the fray to launch their own event.
The highs, lows and mom guilt of being a sports parent
Life as a sports parent means having to juggle increasingly demanding schedules while getting over the guilt when you have to miss a game.
Why do we care if 100 men can beat a gorilla?
There has been a question going around about whether 100 men could take down one silverback gorilla. I needed to know why that would be anything to care about in the first place.
Broken promises, Fyre Festival vibes: A Million Lives Book Festival was a disaster
A Million Lives Book Festival was supposed to celebrate fantasy authors, narrators and influencers at the Baltimore Convention Center last weekend. Instead, they dealt with the book version of Fyre Festival.
Is it un-American to fear your government? Not if you’ve been paying attention.
Our current American state of affairs and citizens' relationship with the government is a reminder that we’ve always lived in separate countries.
I am officially an old crone. Just ask the people who want to sell me stuff.
I just turned 54, and am therefore almost out of the key demographic for advertisers. Am I obsolete and relegated to menopause and shingles ads now?
I wrote about Baltimore’s unrest from far away. I didn’t get it quite right.
Ten years ago, I wrote a column for a Florida paper about what I was seeing during the Freddie Gray uprising. I didn’t get it all right.
The hardest part about a staycation? Acting like you’re on vacation.
Vacationing is hard when you won't let yourself vacation. I'm trying to change that.
It’s OK to pay someone to clean your house. Really.
We've been made to feel guilty about outsourcing things like housecleaning if we aren't super elite. Time to let that go.
‘The White Lotus’: What makes a villain?
What makes a villain on "The White Lotus"? Is it making enough cash to get far away so you won’t get killed? Nah.
Finally, hot people are talking about hot flashes
Oprah Winfrey recently brought noted hot people like Naomi Watts and Halle Berry into the discussion about menopause on a television special. Maybe this will help break the shame of The Change.
Paula Poundstone on going viral, honing your funny and Baltimore birds
Paula Poundstone, coming Thursday to the Senator Theatre, talks giving yourself the permission to just be funny, and that thing that happened with that bird that time near the Inner Harbor.
The duo keeping the sound of Baltimore alive, one photo at a time
Local photographer Micah E. Wood and designer Christopher Chester present "Scene Seen," a visual love letter to the Baltimore music scene over the past decade.
The government wants to erase the history of Black vets like my Granddaddy. Not on my watch.
The Defense Department is purging online references to Black, female and other veterans in the name of eliminating DEI. We still have to tell those vets’ stories.
They packed on the pounds postelection. Here’s how they’re stopping the spread.
Some people have reported gaining weight since the presidential election because of stress eating. But they are finding new ways to refocus their energy.
‘It’s OK not to be OK’: Local support for single moms doing it all by themselves
The Jeremiah Program supports single mothers pursuing higher education and fosters connections with fellow parents in the same boat.
